Bobby Lashley

Franklin Roberto Lashley, better known by his ring name Bobby Lashley, is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is best known for his tenures in WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He is an eight-time world champion, having been a two-time WWE Champion, two-time ECW World Champion, and a four-time Impact World Champion. Lashley is also known for his mixed martial arts career in Bellator MMA and Strikeforce. Lashley debuted in WWE in 2005, appearing on the SmackDown brand where he became a one-time United States Champion. After being drafted to the ECW brand the following year, Lashley became a two-time ECW World Champion. During this time, he had a high-profile rivalry with company chairman Vince McMahon, which included representing Donald Trump in the "Battle of the Billionaires" at WrestleMania 23, before leaving the company in 2008. He subsequently pursued a career in MMA and had his first professional fight in December 2008. After amassing a career record of 10–2, he signed with Bellator MMA in 2014 where he won all five of his career bouts from 2014 to 2016. In 2009, Lashley began appearing in professional wrestling promotion TNA (later renamed to Impact in 2017), where he became a four-time TNA/Impact World Heavyweight Champion. He was also a one-time X Division Champion and the final King of the Mountain Champion. After leaving Impact in early 2018, he returned to WWE that April and was assigned to the Raw brand, becoming a two-time Intercontinental Champion and winning a second and third United States Championship. He then won the WWE Championship twice. He left WWE in August 2024 upon the expiration of his contract. He has headlined multiple pay-per-view (PPV) events for WWE and TNA/Impact, including the 2016 edition of the latter's flagship event, Bound for Glory. He is also one of only two wrestlers to have won the WWE, ECW, and TNA/Impact world championships, the other being Rob Van Dam, although Lashley is the only wrestler to have multiple reigns with the aforementioned championships.